Family Time...

Sunday is Uncle Steven's birthday, so Grandpa & Grandma from NJ came up to celebrate! Because they were up, we went over to Steven & Carolyn's house to visit and see everyone. It was nice to hang out & see his cousins since we missed Nick the last time we were there.

Alexander, despite only one nap, was very well behaved and in a good mood. He showed off all his "tricks": hi-five, waving, crawling, pulling up, standing up. He also was in awe of their cat, Bella. She wouldn't come near him but he was quite intriqued with her.

He got to play with his cousins and even crawled all around the floor. He got a lot of crawling practice in. He also practiced with their stairs. I have to say, he's really good with stairs. He seems to have the hang of it of how to go up and even the pace at which to go. At first, tried to go down the stairs face first but we would turn him around and show him to go down bum-first. And there was one instance where he knew to turn around on his own.

He even sat at the table with us to eat lunch - he of course had some squash & cheese, but he fed the cheese to himself! After a very nice visit with Grandpa & Grandma and everyone else, it was time to head home. We'll see them all soon (his first birthday) so that will be nice!

Happy Birthday, Uncle Steven

On The Move...

Alexander did some crawling again this evening, all over his room! And this time, I was smart enough to bring my camera upstairs to capture it!

He started in the middle of the room again - made a beeline for his books. Then he turned around and headed towards me standing near his closet (opposite side of the room), then he turned around and headed towards Dan who was sitting in the middle of the room. He did exceptionally well!! I felt so proud to be his mom.

It's Official....

He's mobile!

Alexander is officially on the move...last night he crawled from the middle of his bedroom floor to the wall of his room where his books are. He was determined to get to his books. He didn't once go down on his belly or pull himself forward - it was a full fledge crawl.

He has been doing little crawls, one or two 'steps' forward, but then would go down on his belly. Not this time! We'll see how he does with keeping this up.

Stay tuned!